Variations in the dietary compositions of morphologically diverse syngnathid fishes

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 415-427

  Kendrick, Alan J ^a,b   Hyndes, Glenn A ^c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Marine Conservation Branch   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Habitat; Pipefish; Seadragon; Seahorse; Trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

DIET; FISH; MORPHOLOGY; PREY SELECTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BREVICEPS; COPEPODA; CRUSTACEA; HALOPHILA; HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS BREVICEPS; HIPPOCAMPUS SUBELONGATUS; MYSIDAE; PHYLLOPTERYX TAENIOLATUS; PISCES; PUGNASO CURTIROSTRIS; STIGMATOPORA ARGUS; STIGMATOPORA NIGRA; SYNGNATHIDAE; SYNGNATHINAE; VANACAMPUS POECILOLAEMUS;

EID: 18844429736     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-004-2597-y     Document Type: Article

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